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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σκάρφεια (Skárpheia), alternative form of Σκάρφη (Skárphē).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scarphēa f sg (genitive Scarphēae); first declension
- A town of Locris situated near Thermopylae
- An island in the Aegean Sea
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Scarphea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scarphea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Scarphe”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly